Blue Origin reveals Oliver Daemen flying to house with Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos walks out to where the New Shepard capsule landed in the Texas desert after a test flight in April 2021. Blue Origin The young physics student takes the place of the auction winner, who Blue Origin said could not fly on the mission “due to scheduling conflicts.” Blue Origin said the auction winner …

China’s GDP grew 7.9% within the second quarter; Retail gross sales exceed expectations

A McDonald’s delivery worker walks past pig statues outside an art museum in Beijing on July 10, 2021. Jade Gao | AFP | Getty Images BEIJING – China reported GDP growth slightly below expectations in the second quarter, while retail sales and industrial production grew faster than forecast. The country’s gross domestic product rose 7.9% …

Wholesale costs rose 7.3% in June from a 12 months in the past for brand spanking new file surge

Wholesale prices for June rose more than expected in another sign that inflation is moving at a faster pace than markets had anticipated. The producer price index, which measures what companies get for the goods they produce, increased 1% from May and jumped 7.3% on a year over year basis. That marked the second month …

Singapore state funding agency Temasek releases annual report 2021

SINGAPORE — Singapore’s state investment company Temasek said Tuesday the net value of its portfolio reached a record high in the financial year that ended March 31. In its annual report, the investor said its portfolio grew to 381 billion Singapore dollars (around $283 billion) as of end-March. That’s compared with 306 billion Singapore dollars …

PepsiCo (PEP) Q2 2021 destroy earnings estimates

PepsiCo reported Tuesday that its quarterly sales were up more than 20% year over year as restaurant demand for its beverages returned, causing a blow to profits. The company also raised its outlook for adjusted earnings per share growth for the full year. “Many of the things that we did during the pandemic and continued …

The buying and selling quantity of cryptocurrencies is falling as curiosity subsides

Art at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention cryptocurrency conference at the Mana Convention Center in Miami on June 4, 2021. Marco Bello | AFP | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies are in a summer low as they go through a two-month correction period after a series of negative stories. Trading volume on the largest exchanges, including Coinbase, Kraken, …

Authorities bond yields fall with inflation information in focus

US Treasury yields fell Monday morning, with investors turning their attention to the inflation data release and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony later this week. The benchmark ten-year government bond yield fell 2 basis points to 1.334% at 3:45 a.m. ET. The yield on the 30-year government bond fell 1 basis point to 1.963%. …

Former Microsoft worker makes higher residing making YouTube movies

Kevin Stratvert produces videos at his home in Seattle. Tara Brown When Microsoft updated its Teams communication app with a more sophisticated way to give PowerPoint presentations in January, the company published a 500-word blog post on the feature. People could read the blog post and try to figure out how to use it, or …

The G20 heads of state and authorities comply with press forward with the plan for a world tax crackdown

Italian carabinieri guard St. Mark’s Square, the day before the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in Venice on July 8, 2021. ANDREAS SOLARO | AFP | Getty Images The group of 20 major economies’ financiers said they had agreed on a “more stable and fairer international tax architecture,” according to a communique …

15 extra our bodies recovered, demise toll rises to 79

Search and Rescue teams look for possible survivors and to recover remains in the collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on July 07, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. Officials say the death toll climbed to 36 today, with 109 still unaccounted for. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Search teams have recovered 15 more bodies from …